SAILING VESSELS VALUES LOWER
Sailing vessels once fetching high prices now sell for far less. The schooner Dustin G. Cressy sold at public auction for 20100 to bondholders. United States Marshal Noonan sold the Mother K for 22000, built at Dennysville Me two years ago. Captain Pierce Hf Lewis reports many Shipping Board steamers idle in the James River with hundreds of boats anchored upriver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dustin G. Cressy
Bath
United States
Noonan
Miladelphia
Mother K
Pierce Hf. Lewis
Irving Lewis
360
Front Street
Portland
Newport News
Crabtree
Shipping Board
James River
SOC
College Men Get Caught in Blow
Bowdoin juniors Bruce White of Skowhegan and Raymond Putnam of Danvers Mass were soaked hungry and stranded after a sailboat trip from Harpswell to Cunds Harbor. They found refuge with the Clarence E Johnsons in Bath then walked back to Brunswick. Faculty and students searched for them before they were located at the Johnsons home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce White
Skowhegan
Raymond Putnam
Danvers
Mass
Bowdoin College
Bath
TS Foot
Tharpswell
Cunds's
Hhirpswell
Sabine
Clarence BE. Johnson
Johnsons
Johnson Home
Summer Street
Cram O
Tlarpswell
Bowdoinham Healing Services and Local Notices
Sunday morning 10.80 Soldiers Memorial services at the Methodist church Pastor Rev T F Johnson sermon. Monday 2:30 p m oration by Rev F C Rogers of Portland at Grange hall. Flowers welcome and dinners served for soldiers and families. Numerous local notices include visits, travels, and community events in Bowdoinham with names, places, and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
T. F. Johnson
Sons of Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
F.C. Rogers
Portland
Grange Hall
Charles Perry
Boston
Ivan Lang
Mr. Lang
Waterville
Theo Lang
Moe. Clark
L.P. Sparks
F. A. Small
Grand Lodge Pythian Sisters
EA. Dickinson
Elsie
Dorothy Dickinson
WW. Browne
Bath
Sarah I. Elliott
Nellie Harvard
PC. Nealey
Jacques
Cromwell
Miss Tate
C. S. Hatch
Rew. Carr
West Medford
Atory
Carrie Merrill
Brunswick
Abbie ‘Thorne
Plc. Nealey
J. T. Williams
Topsham
KF. K. Jack
W. S. Bonney
L. W. Staples
Malden
Mass
Staples
Gardiner
Randolph
IT. M. Fowle
Lewiston
Auburn
Louise Williams
Portland Business College
Charles Hatch
George C. Day
New Haven
W. OS. Given
Albert Card
J. Pearl Card
Ruth Lancaster
Richmond
George Derham
Charlie Berry
Lewis Browne
Browne Camp
R. OW. Millay
Arthur Stanwood
Shaw Auto Co
Bowdoinham in 1887 town notes and local jobs
Messrs C and T WL Fogg and Co began grading for a foundation of a kindling wood mill last Tuesday and plan to publish proposed dimensions next week. Dutchy Cutler works as Decorative Gardener at George Cornish s. Kendall Bros. remains busy with business this past week as farmers complain about phosphate prices. Gorham Amberhind painted his house white and J L Brown harvests three weirs in a wholesale fishing venture. Mrs M W Hinckley contributed an able essay to a Maine Farmer. Henry Purington bought Maxwell and Denham stock and will run the stand, also acquiring a pet pug. Potatoes steady at 1.00 a bushel, pleasing farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. C. & T. WL. Fogg & Co
Dutchy” Cutler
George Cornish
Kendall Bros
Gorham Amberhind
J. L. Brown
M. W. Hinckley
Maine
Henry Purington
Maxwell & Denham
Hlenry
Comrade of Bowdoinham Laid In Eternal Rest
A Bowdoinham boy of the 9th Massachusetts Battery lies in the village cemetery, honored in this poem by Isaac F. Eaton. The verse commemorates the soldier cited as “the boy of nineteen years,” who fell on the battlefield and is mourned by his comrades. The poem, written for Thomas T. Rideout Post, No. 26, Department of Maine, reflects the postwar tribute to a fallen veteran and the reverent memory held by his hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac F. Eaton
Bowdoinham
Massachusetts Battery
Thomas T. Rideout
Department
Maine
Rumford Fire Damages Pettengill School House
Around the state news reports $200 damage to Pettengill school house Rumford from a Tuesday fire with unknown cause. Also listed are legal cases, rail station closures, public health enforcement, sardine pack totals, local notable deaths and community updates across Maine.
Birthday Party for Mrs H B Allen in Pleasant Valley
A May 18 birthday gathering marks Mrs. H B Allen's 65th year at the Allen home in Pleasant Valley West Cumberland. About 50 guests from Woolwich Bath Portland joined for music, games, and a bountiful repast. Rev Potter read a patriotic poem, and Walter Ekberg impressed guests with a Sweden bow.
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Woolwich
Bath
H. B. Allen
Allen
Phippsburg
Portland
Allens
Pleasant Valley
West Cumberland
Potter
Grace Russell
Wyman IL. Lawrence
Axell Paulsen
Walter Ekberg
Milly Wilson
Leroy Wilson
Ella Wilson
Ivan Doyle
Lester Ers Parker Starrett
Rey
Lee Potter
J. K. True
FE. Huse
Georgene Willard Wilson
FE. L. Far
Arthur Winslow
Mrs. H. B. Allen
Frank Whalen
Death of Rev Staples Promptes Community Notices
In Bowdoinham Post Road U A Cobb has had a telephone installed in his home Harold Varney is on the sick list Dr Irish attends him Friends and neighbors were sorry to hear of the death of Rev Mr Staples He died at his son's home in Massachusetts May 16 He was about 72 years old Mr and Mrs Sewell of Livermore Falls have moved to their farm which they recently bought from the late Rev Mr Staples
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Berry
Edith Horne
Chester
Richmond
Nancy Cornish
Karl Hatch
Lancaster
R. H. Jack
Kenneth
Adra
J. Frank Nichols
Waterville
Robert Patten
L’ortland
Laura Weeks
Damariscotta
W. W. Woodward
W. E. Lalie
Harpswell
A. Getchell
Alexander
Lottie Cobb
Hannah Vevey
Portland
Richard Denham
Carrie H. Kendall
Seattle
Japan
Denver
Bowdoinham
Frank Siegars
Albert Henderson
Wayne
Kennebec Lodge
Methodist Church
Koof Po
LT. Johnson
Hlannah B
Timothy B. Percy
Clara van Note
Albany
N. Y
Aurelia Percy
Lena Codd
B.S. Lancaster
Barbara
Wiscasset
Harry Ma Cher
Frances Wilson
Eleeta Chapter
OQBLS
Theo Lang
Myra C. Lang
Ivan
Nellie Kurtz
Kendall
Pettengill
Rumford
William L. Gerrish
Albert W. Wentworth
Saco
York
East Dover
Schoodie
Stacyville
Dyer Brook
Griswold
Fairmont
Grimes Hill
Jemptland
St. David
Dumont
Lewiston
Crockett
Maine
Brunswick
Caribou
Board of Selectmen
James N. Doyle
Gladys E. Barnes
Fort Fairfield
Miles A. Barnes
Limestone
Boyle
Lindley W. Gilman
Bangor
Auburn
Central Maine Power Co
Augusta
Grace Clark
Vpiscataquis Il Co
D. J
Pennsylvania
Presque Isle
Wilmot B. Mitchell
Roderick MacDonald
Christ
Law Court
Frank Veterson
Fryeburg
Harold W. Bishop
Boothbay Harbor
Cuba
Maj
Peter J. Bishop
Havana
Ifavana
Lincoln
Howard Wood
Wood
Wendleton
New Ledford
Mass
Emerson G. Taylor
Hartford
Belfast
Bridge Hill
James MecCrillis
Selectmen
U. A
Bliss Native Herbs Agents Wanted Ad
An advertisement promotes Bliss Native Herbs as a remedy for constipation indigestion biliousness rheumatism and kidney troubles. It claims agents can double their money and offers free almanacs cook books and health books from Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co Washington D C and requests mention of this paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bliss
Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
D.T. Percy & Sons
H. P. Boudreau
Liberty Theatre
Paramount and
Artcraft Pictures
Bath Opera House
Ida Cornish
BE. FE. Wilson
Flok
Jack
May Duran
Porthind
J. O. Siva
QO. Purinton
Helen Townsend
Emily Rideout
Sagadahoe Ferrizer Co
C. A. Peaslee
Sagadahock
Sean
Harpswell Neck
Fred S. Purington
North Harpswell
E.W. Furbush
Greene
Bowdoinham Advertiser
First Baptist Church
Winnie F. Durgin
Ella McCabe
Senter
New Jersey
Bath Dep’tment Store
Bowdoinham Post Road
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